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' SNOW PLOW AND SGRAPER.

1510.599199. Patentedot. 19,1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..l

WILLIAM E. BRADLEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SNOW-PLOW AND scRAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 592,192,`dated October 19, 1897.

, applicati@ nea November 16,1896. serial No. 612,224. (No moan.)

To all whom, it 17ml/ concern:

' side boards or plates, which are so formed as Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. BRADLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county ot' New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Snow-Flows and Scrapers, of which the following is a full and complete specication, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to snow-plows, scrapers,and similar devices; and the obj ect thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which is simple in construction and operation, and which is designed forV use as "a roadscraper, and also as a snow-plow and for similar purposes.

The invention is fully disclosed inthe following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in whichp Figure 1 is a front view of my improved snow-plow and scraper, and Fig. 2 a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings forming part of this specication the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference throughout the several views; and in the practice thereof I provide a rigid frame, which consists of two side boards or plates 5, which are connected by two cross plates or bars 6, which are secured to the tops thereof, adjacent to each end, and each of the side boards or plates are beveled at their lower corners, as shown at 7, and provided withl metal shoes S.

Secured to the front ends of each of th to constitute runners, are two strong metal strips 9,which project upwardly andforwardly and are provided with ordinary clevises 10, by means of which a horse or horses may be hitched thereto, and supported 'above said' side bars or plates is a seat 11, which may be of any desired form andrconstruction, said seat being supported by longitudinal yokes or braces 12, which are'connected with the cross ,bars or plates 6, and by side braces 13, which are connected with the side bars or plates 5. Each of the side bars or plates 5 is also provided with a strong metal strip 14, one of which, is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and pivoted centrally of the side bars or plates 5 is the plow or scraper proper, which consists of a board 15, to the lower edge of which is bolted a steel plate 16, the lower edge of which is beveled or sharpened, as shown at 17 in Fig. 2, and said steel'plate 16 is provided with arms 18, which extend transversely of the board 15, and are bolted thereto. The board 15 is also provided at each end with longitudinal metal blocks 19, which are bolted thereto, and on which are formed the pivot-pins by which it is connected with the side plates or boards', as shown in dot-ted lines at 2O in Fig. 1, and secured to the plate or board 15 are arms or handles 21, which extend upwardly and backwardly, and by means of which the edge of the plow or scraper proper may be held in contact with the ground or with surfaces on which the device is operated.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the following statement thereof.

Y The forward cross plate or bar 6 serves as a support for the feet of the driver, and in practice two men are necessary in order to operate the device, one of whom acts as a ,driver and the other works behind the plow or scraper, and by means of the handles 21 holds the edge of the plow or scraper proper in contact with the ground or other surfaces over whichl the device is drawn.

My improvement is simple inconstruction and operation, and is well adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended, and it is evident that changes invand modifications of the construction herein described may fbe made without departing from the nspirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The herein-described snow-plow, comprising a frame consisting of side boards 5, crossplates 6, metal shoes 8, metal strips 9, clevisos 10, a seat 11, and braees 12 and 13, metal strips 11, a plow consisting of a board 15, a steel plate 1G having' sharpened edges 17 and arms 1S, metal hloeks 19, pivot-pins 20, handles 2l, all combined substantially as shown and described and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I elaiin the foregoing,` as

my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 13th day of November, 1896.

1VILLIAM E. BRADLEY. Ti'nessesz CHARLES S. ROGERS, A. L. PICKARD. 

